A casino resort and hotel complex would generate considerable local property, meal and room taxes, but “it would take the examination of the real proposal to verify a number that high,’’ Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said, referring to the estimate.
"The small growth in tax revenues will put great strains on the fiscal 2013 budget with increases in nondiscretionary spending outpacing the additional revenues available," Michael Widmer of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation testified.
“I think we are all looking at a very limited number of new jobs created over the next year or two. I think that is the theme today, that we are in for a long haul,” said Michael Widmer of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
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